Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
Beauty is a frail good.
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris
Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.